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Area Of The Skin Post Ring Worm Treatment Has Turned Purple After Stopping Medicine. Side Effect?

I had ring worm recently, and I cured it with some over the counter medicine. However, it did not appear to completely go away, so I saw a dermatologist who then told me that the ring worm was gone and the rest was just a minor skin infection . I was prescribed medicine, which ran out yesterday after over a month of use. This morning the part of my skin which had been infected in now purple. Is this just a minor side effect of stopping the medicine, or should I return to the doctor?
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Area of skin turning purple or black is only due to post ringworm infection.sometimes if we use steriods for treatment it may turn purple and striae are seen
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Area Of The Skin Post Ring Worm Treatment Has Turned Purple After Stopping Medicine. Side Effect?

Area of skin turning purple or black is only due to post ringworm infection.sometimes if we use steriods for treatment it may turn purple and striae are seen